Combination garden-tool.



T. CREMERS.

COMBINATION GARDEN TOOL.

APPLlCATlON FILED JAN.5 19H- Patented May 21,1918.

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bany, in the county of Stearns and tate of. Minnesota, have invented certain new and 1 useful Improvements in Combination Garden-Tools, of which the following is a specificati'on, reference being hadtherein to the accompanying drawing. 0

This invention relates toa combination garden tool and has for its principal object the production of a device of this nature which may be regulated so as to be used as a hoe, a shovel-or a hiller.

Another object of this invention is in the pro'ductionof a blade which is adapted to be struck out of a single sheet of metal so as to form a body-portlon provided with a bifurcated portion,

A still further object of this invention is .in the production of a blade provided with means whereby the,,.s

ame may be pivotally adjusted upon a handle.

With these and other objects in view, this invention consists of certain novel combinations, constructions .and arrangements of parts as will and claimed.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the device.

be hereinafter fully described Fig. 3is a section taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.. a

Fig. 4 is a section taken on the line H of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a blade-attaching plate.

' Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view of the shank. v I

By referring to the drawings by numerals, it will be seenthat '1 designates a handle upon which ismounted the shank" 2. This shank2 is provided with the sleeve portion 3 which is adapted to receive the end-d of the. handle 1, which end 4 .is held in place by means of the rivet 5. This shank is providedwith the bifurcated portion 6 which is provided with the plates 7, which plates are .provided with the eyes 8. p

I Mounted u on the shank 2 is the blade 9.

This-blade 9 is provided with the body-portion 10 upon which is beveled the cuttinfi edge 11. This body-portion 19 is provid with the billing blades 12. It will 'be seen by referring especially to Fig. 2 that the bodytpectttcatton ct Letters Patent. application filed January a, raw. serial no. meant.

detail perspective view of thetion provided with a beveled 'cuttin was, or annular, aurunnso'ra.

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portion 10 is substantially sqnarein shape,

1 whereas the billing blades 12 are sha ed similar to the mold-board of a plow. his

blade 9 is pivotally held in engagement with the shank 2 by means of the plate 13 which is held tothe blade by means of the rivets .142. This plate'13 is provided with an eyeportion which extends at right angles to the face of the body-portion 10. This -eye-portion 15 is adapted to fit between the plates 7 and is held therein by means of the setscrew 16. It willbe seen that this set-screw is adaptedt'o force the plate 7 to bind upon the eye-portion 15 as is clearly shown in Fig. 4, whereby the blade 9 may be held in any desired position. i

' When it is desiredto use this device as. a hoe, the blade 9 will be adjusted so as to extend at rightangles to thehandle 1, as is demonstrated in Fig. 1. It will also be seen by referring to Fig. '1 that if the blade 9 is allowed to extend in the same plane with the handle 1, a shovel has been produced, as is clearly shown in the dotted-line position of the blade 9. n

In order to use this device as a hiller, it is necessary to turn the device over as illustratedin Fig. 1, when the blades 12 may engage the ground for billing or marking purposes. Tt, of course, should be understood that when the same is to be used as a hiller r marker, the blade 9 may be set at any angle vice.

Having thus described my invention, whatis claimed as new is its a new artlcle of manufacture, a blade of the class described struck from a single sheet of metal so that one portion thereof will form a substantially square body'por- -.other, the cutting edges of said blades converging toward each-other so as to form points oppositeeach other, the inner edges of said blades running substantially parallel with each other whereby said blade; substantially conform to the usual shape of a mold-board-upon a' plow.

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which may best suit the operator of the deedge,

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